We only need to allocate space for the number of inodes in the cluster when writing back inodes, not every byte in the inode cluster. This reduces the amount of memory needing to be allocated to 256 bytes instead of 64k. Somebody pass me the brown paper bag, please. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner --- fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: 2.6.x-xfs-new/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c =================================================================== --- 2.6.x-xfs-new.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c 2008-05-16 19:43:55.000000000 +1000 +++ 2.6.x-xfs-new/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c 2008-05-16 19:47:47.778141722 +1000 @@ -2913,6 +2913,7 @@ xfs_iflush_cluster( xfs_mount_t *mp = ip->i_mount; xfs_perag_t *pag = xfs_get_perag(mp, ip->i_ino); unsigned long first_index, mask; + unsigned long inodes_per_cluster; int ilist_size; xfs_inode_t **ilist; xfs_inode_t *iq; @@ -2924,7 +2925,8 @@ xfs_iflush_cluster( ASSERT(pag->pagi_inodeok); ASSERT(pag->pag_ici_init); - ilist_size = XFS_INODE_CLUSTER_SIZE(mp) * sizeof(xfs_inode_t *); + inodes_per_cluster = XFS_INODE_CLUSTER_SIZE(mp) >> mp->m_sb.sb_inodelog; + ilist_size = inodes_per_cluster * sizeof(xfs_inode_t *); ilist = kmem_alloc(ilist_size, KM_MAYFAIL|KM_NOFS); if (!ilist) return 0; @@ -2934,8 +2936,7 @@ xfs_iflush_cluster( read_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock); /* really need a gang lookup range call here */ nr_found = radix_tree_gang_lookup(&pag->pag_ici_root, (void**)ilist, - first_index, - XFS_INODE_CLUSTER_SIZE(mp)); + first_index, inodes_per_cluster); if (nr_found == 0) goto out_free;